HR 631 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

EACH Act

Introduced Jan 30, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Aaron Schock R-IL

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 12, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 30, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the religious conscience exemption under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to exempt individuals who rely solely on a religious method of healing and for whom the acceptance of medical health services would be inconsistent with their religious beliefs from the requirement to purchase and maintain minimum essential health care coverage.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2015 to Mar 24, 2015; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAnder CrenshawOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-MIBill HuizengaOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-OHDavid P. JoyceOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TNDavid P. RoeOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-WAJaime Herrera BeutlerOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-COJared PolisOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-PAKeith J. RothfusOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TXLamar SmithOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-PALou BarlettaOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-KSLynn JenkinsOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TXMichael C. BurgessOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-IDMichael K. SimpsonOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TXMichael T. McCaulOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-SCMick MulvaneyOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-PAMike KellyOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-MANiki TsongasOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-CAPaul CookOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-TXPete SessionsOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-ILRandy HultgrenOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-VARobert J. WittmanOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-ILRodney DavisOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-COScott R. TiptonOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-ARSteve WomackOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-INTodd RokitaOriginalJan 30, 2015
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalJan 30, 2015
R-ALMartha RobyFeb 4, 2015
R-TXPete OlsonFeb 4, 2015
R-TXJeb HensarlingFeb 10, 2015
R-OHBill JohnsonFeb 26, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushFeb 26, 2015
R-KYBrett GuthrieFeb 26, 2015
R-AKDon YoungFeb 26, 2015
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyFeb 26, 2015
D-RIJames R. LangevinFeb 26, 2015
R-OKMarkwayne MullinFeb 26, 2015
R-WIReid J. RibbleFeb 26, 2015
D-CAZoe LofgrenFeb 26, 2015
D-CAAmi BeraMar 4, 2015
D-ILBill FosterMar 4, 2015
D-ILCheri BustosMar 4, 2015
D-WADerek KilmerMar 4, 2015
R-CADoug LaMalfaMar 4, 2015
R-MNErik PaulsenMar 4, 2015
D-CAJerry McNerneyMar 4, 2015
D-FLLois FrankelMar 4, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterMar 4, 2015
R-FLRichard B. NugentMar 4, 2015
R-OHSteve StiversMar 4, 2015
R-MOAnn WagnerMar 16, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeMar 16, 2015
R-UTChris StewartMar 16, 2015
R-NVMark E. AmodeiMar 16, 2015
R-OHMichael R. TurnerMar 16, 2015
R-PAPatrick MeehanMar 16, 2015
D-MARichard E. NealMar 16, 2015
R-WIGlenn GrothmanMar 18, 2015
R-PAGlenn ThompsonMar 18, 2015
R-TXKay GrangerMar 18, 2015
R-OKFrank D. LucasMar 24, 2015
R-AZTrent FranksMar 24, 2015

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jan 30, 2015
Health Subcommittee
Referred Feb 12, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 12, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Jan 30, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Jan 30, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress as stated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 16, January 30, 2015, page H668.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 352EACH ActIdentical billFeb 3, 2015
HR 2061EACH ActIdentical billSep 29, 2015

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
EACH Act
Equitable Access to Care and Health Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 30, 2015Introduced in House

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